Thursday, April 25, 2024
Thursday, April 25, 2024
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This Friday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Navy avoiding major delays to the Columbia-class submarine program.
It looks like delays to the Navy's Columbia-class submarine program won't be as bad as originally thought:
Navy dodging worst-case scenario on faulty missile tube work, limiting delay to 10 months
The Navy last year braced for the prospect that faulty welding on a key Columbia-class submarine subsystem could devour 15 of the 23 months reserved for potential schedule delays in building the first missile tubes, but eventually crafted a "recovery" plan that aims to limit delays to 10 months -- a course that keeps construction plans for the new weapon system on track.
Two senators are introducing legislation that would set up a White House office to fight Chinese intellectual property theft:
Warner, Rubio offer bill creating new White House office focused on Chinese, other supply-chain threats
Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) today announced a new bill that would establish an office within the White House aimed at galvanizing stakeholders to stem the threat of intellectual property theft from China through forced technology transfers, and to secure the supply chain for critical technologies.
In case you missed it yesterday, Raytheon will be getting an Air Force FAB-T contract and the service also has a new approach to developing munitions:
Air Force to award Raytheon risk-reduction contract for airborne FAB-T terminals in early 2019
The Air Force appears to be moving forward with a drawn-out effort to develop airborne satellite communication terminals as part of its Family of Advanced Beyond Line of Sight Terminals program, releasing a justification document late last month that details its plan to sole-source the effort to Raytheon.
New approach to munitions development could cut down on long-term, sole-source production awards
The Air Force is changing how it develops and buys certain munitions by using "weapons design agents," an approach that lets the service own technical data and broadly compete production contracts.